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Show The Deseret Sampler, Friday, Feb. 23, 1973 Hey kids! Day can children snacks, too. Have I r) Robin King, Brian Matthewi and Amv McBride enioy their got a place for you! If you are a child anywhere from three months to five years in age, have I got a place for you! I Its called the Dugway Day Care Center and Nursery School and it has lots of fun and friends for everyone. And in addition to all die games and activities, you'll learn a lot. EVERYDAY in Nursery School there is the presentation of the flag, discussions about the weather and calendar, singing, dancing, storytelling, draw- - and- - tell, coloring, painting, and individual play and group games. .The 25 children who are already enrolled in Nursery School have just completed studying about safety, and a military policeman visited their class. They are now learning about dental health, and plan a visit to a dentist. The Nursery teachers are planning lessons on planting seeds and plants, on food and inhealth, and on animals cluding a trip to a farm in St. John to visit domestic animals and a trip to Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City to see wild make and fly kites. And when Easter arrives, several art projects will begin. The regular instructional programs will continue, too. Reading readiness will continue to be taught, as will color and color word recognition. Writing, recognizing and grouping numbers will be emphasized as well, and the dance program will tinue. Eye and hand coordination will be developed through cutting, pasting and coloring. AND FOR play time for the day care children, there are toys and playground equipment, freshly repaired and repainted by two Dugway firemen. LaVar Sagos and Lynn Cordon Foster have spent many off-duhours putting broken back together, mending toys the playground equipment, and making things a lot safer for the children, as they put it. Their efforts have been di- animals. WHEN TIIE March winds begin to blow, the class will ty rected toward and cabinets, rockers and merry-go-roun- slid- And though the children dont speak their appreciation very much, they certainly show it THE NURSERY and Day Care Center operates Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are full-tiand drop-i- n programs for the Day Care service, but reservations are requested at least one day in advance, so plans can be made for the hot lunch served daily. The Nursery has both a ing boards. three- - and a five-da- y program. Nursery Advisory Board member Virginia Coblentz says neither program is filled to capacity. The Day Care program serves children from 3 months to kindergarten, and the Nursery children ages 3, 4 and 5. The nursery and day care staff are ready to serve all children. Seated is Debra Welch. Standing, Karen McIntyre, Sue Matthews and Maty Norr. n .! I Teacher Sue Matthews explains the construction of the flag to Joy Torres and helps her with some of the more difficult lettering. Teacher Sue Matthews explains the symbols in the early American flag to her nursery school children. Soon they will be given materiel to make their own flag. Firemen LaVar Sagers and Lynn Gordon Foster place a cabinet in the post nursery after spending their off-- duty time repairing it. The two Dugway workers have rebuilt and repainted many items for the nursery. After receiving instructions, materiel and background information from teacher Sue Matthews, these nursery school children were able to make their own United States flag. Here they proudly display the fruits of their efforts. 4 Sue Matthews is the teacher for the Nursery children. She is degreed and certify in Utah for elementary tion and special education, and has taught for two years in California schools, and for one in Spanish Fork, Utah, working with mentally -- hani-cappe- d children. She is assisted by Karen McIntyre. MARY NORR works with children in the Day Care Cen- ter. Volunteers from various organizations on post also help out at the school. Red Cross volunteers and other concerned ladies come in during the week to work primarily in the Day Care Center, and Girl Scouts contribute their after- - school hours to help out after the regular attendant leaves. Ten girls work regular hours on a volunteer Ka some to earn credit for Red Cross work, some purely for the satisfaction of helping children. If you want an accurate description of die center, just ask Cinda Korn, Barbara Owens, Shirley Hobbie, Debbie Lander, Barbara Hang. Elsie Edwards, Eve Swegart, Verta Johnson, Karen Allen, or Claudia Guillory. THESE ARE women, according to Mrs. Coblentz, interested in making the Nursery a going thing. Hie school is funded primarily from the Central Post Fund, but it also receives contributions from the Civilian Welfare Fund. The Thrift Shop has donated money for curtains for the school, and the Dugway Womens Club has provided money for a record player. To enroll in Nursery School or the Day Care program, simply call 2488, or drop by the Community Services Building just north of the Hospital |